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pre·var·i·ca·tor

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–noun

1.	a person who speaks falsely; liar.

2.	a person who speaks so as to avoid the precise truth; quibbler; equivocator.

[Origin: 1535–45; < L praevāricātor; see prevaricate, -tor

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pre·var·i·cate Audio Help (prĭ-vār'ĭ-kāt') Pronunciation Key
intr.v. pre·var·i·cat·ed, pre·var·i·cat·ing, pre·var·i·cates
To stray from or evade the truth; equivocate. See Synonyms at lie².

[Latin praevāricārī, praevāricāt- : prae-, pre- + vāricāre, to straddle (from vāricus, straddling, from vārus, bent).]

pre·var'i·ca'tion n., pre·var'i·ca'tor n.

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